Shadow Slave

Even after living through the horrors of the Southern Campaign and witnessing the chilling resolution of the Battle of the Black Skull, Sunny still paled at the sight of the enormous swarm of Corrupted Beasts. There were too many of them to count, but there had to be tens of thousands of translucent crustaceans advancing toward the island.

Even Nephis seemed taken aback- a rare sight, and not a welcome one. She instinctively outstretched a hand, as if summoning a sword could save them from the plague of Corrupted abominations.

"It's... it's alright."

Her voice was even but lacked confidence.

Sunny forced out a faint smile.

"How exactly is this alright?"

Nephis lingered for a moment.

"These creatures don't seem capable of leaving the water."

Sunny closed his eyes for a moment. Yes, the abominable krill were probably incapable of crawling onto the island and devouring them. However, they were more than capable of devouring the Azure Serpent. And with the old snake gone, nothing would prevent the dark butterfly from landing on the shell of the slain Great Monster.

"That's right. You are going to die."

He flinched and glared at the Sin of Solace, who had appeared out of nowhere and looked at him with dark glee.

The sword wraith laughed, and then whispered:

"Better yet, you are going to watch Nephis die. Isn't it poetic?"

Sunny tried to ignore the vile apparition, but this time, it was much harder than usual. With the words of the Sin of Solace still echoing in his ears, he forced himself to look away and stare at the river.

toward the krill swarm with

know when to

admirable, really. What

of lunatic to make a vice into a perverse virtue. The Azure Serpent's extreme bloodlust had made it into a

the serpent could only crush that many krill in its jaws. A dozen at a time, a few dozen, even a hundred... it

Even though there was a vast gap between the two Ranks, it was not as insurmountable as that between the

possessed unnatural powers, but it only

And yet, and yet...

couldn't help but root

old snake... do

in on the rushing krill swarm, moments away from clashing with it. It seemed

yet, it

Sunny and Nephis swayed, pushed back by the shockwave of a demented, enraged roar. Even

The krill, however...

the shockwave spread through the swarm like a

swarming abominations...

were

still. He just barely managed to

whip, and a sudden explosion sent countless tons of water rushing outward in a crushing wave. The sonic boom was even louder than the mad beast's enraged roar, and the force produced by it not only stunned the krill but also tore many of them

obliterated by the tail

from all sides,

opened and snapped, grinding a hundred

a drop

strange. It suddenly spun, as if trying to turn its long snout into a drill. Sunny did not see how this could help the Great Beast against the swarm of Corrupted abominations, but in

whirlpool along the length of its colossal body. That underwater